I used to think Carlin was hilarious. Some of his comedy is quite funny. However, over the years I have come to the conclusion that much of his stuff is really not that funny; its just "edgyness" of shock and swear words. Thats not to say that swearing and shock can't be funny. Sam Kinison was one of the best ever.

Carlin has admitted in interviews as recently as this year that he is disgusted with most of what America stands for. He seems to be anti-everything and pro-nothing. I thought he was clever at times, but my revulsion for his open antagonism to this country has tainted the sound of his voice for me. He is a misanthropic wretch who has spit on the very culture that has made it possible for him to prosper.

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posted on 12/07/2004 11:31:35 AM PST
by SlowBoat407
(Couldn't you have stopped shooting at us and watched your baby grow instead?)

I don't think Carlin is a liberal as much as he is an anarchist. He just hates authority in all its forms. Therefore, he's not funny any more. Humor needs a target, and when EVERYTHING is a target, well, it just loses some of its punch, no?

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posted on 12/07/2004 11:32:44 AM PST
by Jokelahoma
(Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)

Traveling hundreds and thousands of miles to essentially give your money to a large corporation is kind of [bleeping] moronic. That's what I'm always getting here is these kind of [bleeping] people with very limited intellects."

Ironically, Carlin started in radio in Wichita Falls, Texas, after he was discharged at Sheppard AFB from the USAF. Carlin on local radio station there was hilarious. Somewhere along the way, his cynicism has gone over the edge into abysmal crass mediocrity.

Comedy seems to be a young man's game. It seems most comedians as they get older become deeply cynical and upset. Even Mark Twain became a complete misanthrope at the end of hsi life. though he aged a lot more gracefully then Carlin seems to be.

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